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Apr 13, 2020 · Fifty years later, the famous astronaut relives Apollo 13 — the Moon mission that almost didn’t make it home. Swigert, Lovell, and Haise (left to right) enjoy a brief moment of relaxation ...
Apr 10, 2020 · 50 Years Ago: Apollo 13 Off to the Moon. The countdown for Apollo 13, the planned third Moon landing mission aiming for a pinpoint touchdown in the Fra Mauro highlands, continued smoothly toward the April 11, 1970, liftoff from Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC) Launch Pad 39A. Two days before launch, however, mission managers decided to replace ...
Apollo 13 is a 1995 American docudrama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris and Kathleen Quinlan.The screenplay by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert dramatizes the aborted 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission and is an adaptation of the 1994 book Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13, by astronaut Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger.
Aug 10, 2023 · The Apollo 13 astronauts were commander James Lovell, lunar module pilot Fred Haise, and command module pilot John "Jack" Swigert . At age 42, Lovell was the world's most traveled astronaut when ...
Apr 2, 2020 · Crewmen hoist the Apollo 13 Command Module Odyssey aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, the spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m. on April 17, 1970 in the South Pacific Ocean. Apollo 13 astronauts Fred ...
Jul 12, 2018 · Published: July 12, 2018. “Houston, we've had a problem” is the now famous phrase radioed from Apollo 13 to Mission Control upon the catastrophic explosion that dramatically changed the mission. On the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, we recognize the triumph of the mission control team and the astronauts, and look at the lessons ...
Apr 6, 2020 · The crippled Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970. Credits: NASA. Editor’s note: This release was updated on April 9 to accurately reflect the exchange between Lovell and mission control. As NASA marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission – which has become known as “a successful failure ...
